Door-mat



G. KELLY.

DOOR MAT.

-No.372,225. Patented 001;. 25, 1887.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

GEORGE KELLY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-MAT.

SPECIPIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,225, dated October25 1887.

Application filed December 20, 1836. Serial No. 222,128. (No rnodelJdeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying d-rawings,in which- Figure1 is a plan view of a portion ofa doormat embodying my invention; Fig.2, adetail section of the same at line w 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 3,

a similar view of a modified arrangement of parts; and Fig. 4, a detailview of a modified form of the disconnected spirals employed in myimprovement.

Similar-letters of referenceindicatelike parts in the several views.

This invention relates to mats used in front of doors, &o., for wipingor cleaning the footwear of persons passing over said mat; and thepresent invention has for its object to provide a simple, durable, andeffective mat-surface for such use.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will now proceed to more fully describe itsmode of'construction.

frame 0 will be braced by transverse stay-rods D, arranged to passthrough the coils A, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. These stay-rodsperform the additional functioulof holding the spiral of wire, asindicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3;

yet where an extra elastic surface is required I make the same in theform of a compound spiral by taking an ordinary small tubular spiral andforming it into a large spiral, as indicated in Fig. 4.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A door-mat consisting of a series of disconnected spirals arrangedtogetherin parallel position and attached to a supporting frame or base,substantially as set forth.

2. A door-mat consisting of a series of disconnected spirals arrangedtogether in parallel position and attached to a marginal supportingframethat is provided with transverse stay-rods D, which pass through saidspirals, essentially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereof witness my .hand this 17th day of December, A. D.1886.

GEORGE KELLY.

In presence of-- ROBERT BURNS, DANL. (loans.

